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PH signs up for US colonialism
ONE of the most frustrating things about the months-long exercise in sialorrheic self-congratulations that the Marcos administration has engaged in about the Philippines having joined the MAGA regime’s “Pax Silica” initiative is that the actual memorandum of understanding (MOU) that started it all in early February has not been made available to the public, at least until now. Even then, it is only obtainable through indirect channels. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) deigned to provide it upon the request of Congress (more than one request, I heard, but I am not certain) earlier this month in connection with hearings on the 2027 budget. That’s enough of a crack in the Wall of Silence for a sticky-fingered busybody like me, but it’s not really doing a service for the average citizen who has a right to know if his government is selling him out.
